Brand (v. t.) A burning piece of wood |
Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. |
Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership |
Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice |
Brand (v. t.) An instrument to brand with |
Brand (v. t.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei. |
Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). |
Brand (v. t.) To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. |
Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. |
Brand (v. t.) To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. |
Brand goose () A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. |
Brand iron () A branding iron. |
Brand iron () A trivet to set a pot on. |
Brand iron () The horizontal bar of an andiron. |
Brand-new (a.) Quite new |
Brand spore () One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. |
Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy |
Heretic (n.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith "determined by the authority of the universal church." |